The climate case for flying cars
Zero: The Climate Race
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The Importance of Doubled Energy Rate Improvements
The La France was powered by a 435 kilogram zinc chlorine battery 1884. Charles Reynard the inventor said that it was only a matter of time and money before electric aviation takes off. 130 years have passed right and we now have lithium-ion batteries which are substantially more energy dense than the zinc chlorine battery he used. We're not quite there yet where you could go and buy an electric car that has a battery of that specific energy but it's not far off from when we can do this.
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